Cortland
A unisex name of Old English origin, meaning from the court land; a place name.
Babies a year
27
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Cortland by the numbers
Cortland was given to 27 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 62 babies in 2011, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Cortland. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Cortland
Names that are said the same way as Cortland, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Kourtlandcourt land; variant spelling of Courtland6 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean the earth
Like Cortland, each of these has the earth in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Brooklynbroken land; a new york borough5,239 in the US (2017)
- Adamman, earth1,431 in England and Wales (2025)
- Georgefarmer, earth worker3,082 in England and Wales (2025)
- Waylonland beside the road2,434 in the US (2017)
- Zionpromised land; the promised city374 in England and Wales (2025)
- Jorgefarmer; worker of the earth1,547 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Cortland
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